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I was a reporter of an evening paper in London. One day I was 41 to write a series of articles on 42 in London. It was then 43 all my adventures started. I made a decision that the best way of collecting 44 was that I would go deep into the life of 45 . I used to be an actor, of course, I had learned all the skills that an actor was expected of and I could 46 make the use of 47 . Having made all necessary preparations, I placed myself in one of the 48 streets with loads of vehicles and pedestrians. At home that night I was 49 to find that I had received 50 a pound.
Well, you can imagine how 51 it was to settle down to work at the 52 at two pounds a week. When I knew that I could make 53 much in a single day, I 54 my job as a reporter, though my pride was 55 . My knowledge of make – up helped me a lot and my clever answer quickly made me almost a 56 character, Day in and day out, money 57 into my cap and I received two pounds in a day 58 . In the end, I was able to have a large fantastic 59 in the country. Nobody had any 60 where my money came from! My wife only knew that I had business in London: that was all.
41．A．reminded B．asked C．indicated D．attempted
42．A．living B．working C．begging D．playing
43．A．why B．how C．when D．that
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45．A．society B．country C．city D．town
46．A．even B．still C．hardly D．just
47．A．it B．me C．them D．myself
48．A．smallest B．shortest C．longest D．busiest
49．A．disappointed B．surprised C．sorry D．sad
50．A．more than B．other than C．less than D．no more than
51．A．easy B．interesting C．hard D．happy
52．A．station B．house C．newspaper D．magazine
53．A．same B．far C．too D．as
54．A．gave up B．gave in C．gave out D．gave off
55．A．cut B．hurt C．broken D．destroyed
56．A．well – known B．well off C．curious D．open
57．A．threw B．went C．ran D．poured
58．A．on the average B．in detail C．in contrast D．on the contrary
59．A．office B．garden C．factory D．house
60．A．belief B．blame C．idea D．guess